The Drowning Man-Janis Ian

[ti:The Drowning Man] [ar:Janis Ian] [al:Folk Is the New Black] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.10]The Drowning Man - Janis Ian (珍妮斯·艾恩) [00:00.20]Written by：Janis Ian [00:00.79]He said grab any stool put your belly to the bar [00:07.12] [00:09.66]I'm not such a fool I know just who you are [00:16.14] [00:18.31]It's been too many years and not enough time [00:24.52] [00:27.08]Have a cup of my tears they've been watered with wine [00:33.81] [00:36.02]I am the drowning man I am the drowning man [00:50.38] [00:58.23]There once was a girl every story starts that way [01:04.81] [01:07.00]She lit up my world like a fireworks display [01:13.39] [01:15.82]And the flame drew me near but it frightened me more [01:21.68] [01:24.43]So I met her with water and I rained 'til I poured [01:31.98] [01:33.33]Now I am the drowning man I am the drowning man [01:47.69] [01:55.56]I'm drowning in jiggers and I'm drowning in smoke [02:01.79] [02:04.46]I'm drowning in rivers where the fish gasp and choke [02:10.71] [02:13.09]I have drowned my tomorrows just to drown out my past [02:19.84] [02:22.08]Now I drown all my sorrows at the bottom of this glass [02:28.65] [02:30.77]Cause I am the drowning man I am the drowning man [02:45.02] [03:10.64]I won't die for money and I won't die for love [03:16.87] [03:19.59]And I won't die for beauty or the good lord above [03:25.65] [03:28.38]But I'll die for a dream whose heart is engraved [03:34.84] [03:37.31]In the rocks and the reefs of my watery grave [03:43.82] [03:46.00]I am the drowning man I am the drowning man